diff --git a/build/unix/gitinfo.sh b/build/unix/gitinfo.sh
index 6525de70e2da615db26a857daa299d469457ed3a..b68093622eb07d6f1ebb56fa8d97c407e51981ac 100755
--- a/build/unix/gitinfo.sh
+++ b/build/unix/gitinfo.sh
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ fi
 
 OUT=etc/gitinfo.txt
 
-git describe --all > $OUT
-git describe --always >> $OUT
+git --git-dir=$dotgit describe --all > $OUT
+git --git-dir=$dotgit describe --always >> $OUT
 date "+%b %d %Y, %H:%M:%S" >> $OUT
 
 exit 0